Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Jul 2017 04:58:06 -0700 | From | Tony Lindgren <> | Subject | Re: [v3] wlcore: add missing nvs file name info for wilink8 |
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* Reizer, Eyal <eyalr@ti.com> [170725 04:33]: > > From: Tony Lindgren [mailto:tony@atomide.com] > > Hmm so why would we ever even use this bogus nvs file? In addition to > > warning, > > I think we should just ignore the bogus nvs file completely. > > > While it looks bogus, it is still at least a valid mac address and the chip will function > Using it. > Wilink6/7 doesn't have a default mac address in hardware (wilink8 does have one) > so we need to assign one for it so It can work, even if not optimally until configured > using the calibrator tool and a unique mac address is assigned to it.
But it's not a unique mac address. What we should do in that case is use a random mac address just like many USB devices do.
Regards,
Tony
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